GLOBALISATION/COMMODIFICATION OR DEGLOBALISATION/DECOMMODIFICATION IN URBAN SOUTH AFRICA
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Female homicidal strangulation in urban South Africa
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عنوان ژورنال: Policy Studies
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0144-2872,1470-1006
DOI: 10.1080/01442870500198395